Under today’s so-called “new normal,” not only can meetings be attended without leaving one’s home, monitoring equipment – including fleets of heavy construction machineries – can be done remotely as well. This was a key message that the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) imparted to the participants of its second Virtual General Membership…
In observance of the health protocols imposed by the government to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) held its second General Membership Meeting for this year online to mark its first foray into the so-called “new normal.” Held on July 30, 2020, the event – the Association’s first…
A number of key infrastructure projects that were temporarily stopped due to the pandemic-driven lockdowns are now ongoing and will likely be finished by next year. And once completed, they will significantly facilitate the movement of people and goods and, more importantly, help boost the economy that has been severely impacted by COVID-19. This was…
The easing – or, in some parts of the country, the outright lifting – of the lockdown restrictions the government imposed in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has allowed essential industries, such as the construction sector, to resume operations. But with construction workers now out in the field, plying their trade in…
Continuing the project it launched in April to help “arm” Metro Manila frontliners in the fight against COVID-19, the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) donated 16 incubation boxes to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) last May 23, 2020. A health research facility located in Muntinlupa, the RITM is at the forefront…
Keeping Your Workforce Safe Amid the Pandemic While the Philippine construction industry has already resumed operations following the easing of the quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila and other areas, and the outright lifting of the lockdown in some parts of the country, the men and women of this key economic sector should bear in mind…
The Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) is helping “arm” Metro Manila frontliners in the fight against COVID-19. Last April 22, the Association donated 200 face shields and 16 hazardous materials (hazmat) suits, more commonly known as personal protective equipment (PPEs), to the Providence Hospital located on Quezon Avenue in West Triangle, Quezon City.…
“Start the new decade with a plan!” This was the message Jennie Verano, a lifestyle coach and facilitator from Lighthouse Leadership Training and Consultancy, gave to the members of the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) during the Association’s first general membership meeting for the year as well as for the new…
THREE FOR TRIPARTISM. Laurice S.D. Ambrosio, ACEL executive officer, is shown with Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (center) and Arlan P. Vergara of the Philippine Constructors Association. The Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) reaffirmed its active support for tripartism in the construction industry’s labor relations when Laurice S.D. Ambrosio, ACEL’s executive officer, took…
The 2019 officers of the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) were unanimously reelected to comprise the 2020 board of directors in the elections that highlighted the Association’s general membership meeting (GMM) last November 21, 2019. The meeting, the fifth GMM for the year, was held at One Shangri-La Place in Mandaluyong City and…